... B. peace C. vain D. silence41. A. unbearable B. abnormal C. insignificant D. disturbing42. A. compromised B. forgotten C. substituted D. separated43. A. course ...
There was real passion in his voice, and in spite of myself I was impressed. I seemed to feel in him some vehement power that was struggling within him; it gave me the sensation of something very strong, overmastering, that held him, as it were, against his will. I could not understand. He seemed re...
...om doing something you really want to do. Are you going to let them get inyour way? If you really want to run, David, then you run!”I held my breath as David took this in. Then he looked at the field and said with a fierce but quiet determination, “I’m gonna run.”I stood on the sidelines wi...
...ould hardly survive her first few weeks. Hearing her coughing bitterly one night, I decided to pull her from it all. But Cathy woke me up early the next morning, wearing her swimsuit ready to go! I told her she shouldn’t swim after a whole night’s coughing, but she refused to give up and insiste...
...ge isn’t
the only factor; I’d say it’s also to do with the makeup ofyour household.Generation Xers with young families, like my wife
and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing
a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people
w...
In Mr Knight’s case it was the word uttered
by his banker that ran through his head as he punched his pillow at night:
“equity”, ie, cold, hard cash he needed to inject into his firm. He had none.
For Mr Dell, it was the frustration of having Mr Icahn, a master ofthe
soundbite, accusing him o...
...ry. In 1322 she was tried for practicing unlawfully. In spite ofthe court hearing testimonials (证明) of her ability as a doctor, she was banned
from medicine.James Barry (c. 1789 — 1865) was
born Margaret Bulkley inIreland but, dressed as a man, she was accepted by
Edinburgh University to stu...
A: Ihear you _____(get) lost on your way to the hotel.B: I don’t know how I did it. I have been here a million times.为什么这里要填 got 而不填写 have got?题目来自于《英语语法新思维(中)》P162
...以用的关系词有三种:①I don't like the way in which you treat your father.②I don't like the way that you treat your father.③I don't like the way 省略关系词 you treat your
father.由于how不能作为定语从句中引导从句的关系副词,所以不能用how;除了以上几...
...h honors. Jennifer sacrificed (牺牲)
to achieve her goal, giving up many nights with her kids and missing important
events to study. “Some nights my heart was breaking to have to pick between my
kids and studying for exams or papers,” she says. However, her children have
learned an important l...
...cient as everything. Today we rarely if ever hear that a musician has just invented a new type of submarine. Knowledge has become divided and sub-divided into countless narrowlydefined compartments. The specialist is venerated(受尊敬的); the versatile person&n...
...s situation it isn't nearly as bad as people who try and put themselves inyour position think it is.For
one thing, other people come to it
cold, whereas I've been doing my homework on it for the last two years. I've
got used to theidea and have come to the point of acceptance gradually. The
other ...
...ck that wecouldn't
see each other, but we always talked while working. His voice would come, “Are
you picking clean?”......The
money we earned inthe bean fields was barely enough to be worthwhile.But
the lessons I got -pick clean, bottom up, both hands - were principles of my
father's life that...